Re: New Try from a New Guy

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Joe <joe@W...> wrote:

 > Ack, ack, ack!
 >
 > English is irritating, sorry, I just had to put that....

Yes, it is, but it's Michael's native language, so it might
be helpful.



 > I advise...
 >
 > 'e' /e/
 > 'eh' /E/
 > 'i'/i/
 > 'ih' /I/

Yes, that was my first impulse too, but this system would mean
that lax (and probably short) vowels would have two-letter
representations while tense (and probably long) vowels would
be single letters.  That feels kinda counterintuitive to me.
Especially the schwa /@/, the weakest of vowels, doens't seem
to deserve the effort of two letters |uh|.  That's also the
reason why Albanian |ë| for /@/ feels wrong to me.

If Michael's willing to use diacritics in his language, I'd
recommend the following system:

i /I/    í /i/
e /E/    é /e/
u /@/    ú /u/
o /o/
a /A/

Or if you prefer diphthongs...

y /I/    i  /i/
e /E/    ei /e/
u /@/    ou /u/
o /o/
a /A/


-- Christian Thalmann

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